Rice prices today, January 19 and last week fell sharply

Rice prices today, January 19, 2025 in the Mekong Delta region remained stable. Specifically, according to the update from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of An Giang province, there were no fluctuations in both paddy and rice.

Giá lúa gạo hôm nay ngày 19/1 và tuần qua giảm sâu

Rice prices today, January 19, and last week fell sharply. Photo: Thanh Minh.

In particular, with rice, during the week, the price of some fresh rice continued to decrease sharply at the beginning of the week and remained stable in the middle of the week, then stabilized in the middle of the weekend with a total decrease of 900 VND/kg.

According to the update from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of An Giang province, the current price of IR 50404 rice (fresh) fluctuates at 6,200 - 6,400 VND/kg; OM 5451 rice fluctuates at 6,500 - 6,700; OM 18 rice (fresh) fluctuates at 7,600 - 7,800 VND/kg; Dai Thom 8 rice (fresh) fluctuates at 7,600 - 7,800; OM 380 rice is at 6,600 - 6,700 VND/kg; Nhat rice is at 7,800 - 8,000 VND/kg; Nang Hoa 9 is at 9,200 VND/kg.

In many localities today, new rice transactions continued to be slow. In Dong Thap, winter-spring rice transactions were slow, farmers offered higher prices for rice harvested before Tet but there were few buyers. In Soc Trang , demand remained slow, rice prices were relatively stable.

In Can Tho, after Tet, farmers are offering to sell 2024/25 winter-spring rice, rice transactions are slow, and traders are slow to buy new rice. In Kien Giang, after Tet, farmers are offering to sell rice at a higher price, but there are few buyers, and new rice transactions are still slow.

Similarly, with rice, the price of rice fluctuated during the week, some rice products decreased slightly at the beginning of the week and then increased slightly in the middle of the week and remained stable at the end of the week. In which, raw rice decreased by a total of 150 VND/kg, while finished rice decreased by a total of 200 VND/kg.

According to the update from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of An Giang province, currently, raw rice IR 504 fluctuates at 7,800 - 8,000 VND/kg; finished rice IR 504 fluctuates at 9,500 - 9,700 VND/kg. Raw rice OM 380 fluctuates at 7,550 - 7,700 VND/kg; finished rice OM 380 fluctuates at 8,800 - 9,000 VND/kg;

As for by-products, the price of by-products ranges from 5,700 - 7,200 VND/kg. Currently, the price of fragrant rice bran ranges from 7,000 - 7,200 VND/kg; the price of dry bran ranges from 5,700 - 5,800 VND/kg.

Recorded in localities today, the amount of rice arriving is still slow, buying and selling transactions are still slow. In Sa Dec (Dong Thap), the amount of rice arriving is still slow, the price is stable, some customers have stopped milling and selling. In Lap Vo - Vam Cong (Dong Thap), the rice arrival at the end of the week is low, the price is relatively stable, buying and selling transactions are slow.

Sa Dec market canal (Dong Thap), rice quantity is low, rice of all kinds is slow to be purchased and prices are stable. In An Cu (Cai Be, Tien Giang), quantity is low, most of the rice is weak, few good rice, prices are relatively stable.

At retail markets, rice prices remained unchanged compared to yesterday. Currently, regular rice fluctuates at 15,000 - 17,000 VND/kg; Nang Nhen rice has the highest listed price of 28,000 VND/kg; Jasmine fragrant rice fluctuates at 18,000 - 20,000 VND/kg; Nang Hoa rice 21,500 VND/kg; long-grain fragrant rice 20,000 - 22,000 VND/kg; Huong Lai rice 22,000 VND/kg; common white rice 17,500 VND/kg; Taiwanese fragrant rice 21,000 VND/kg; Soc regular rice fluctuates at 18,000 VND/kg; Soc Thai rice is 21,000 VND/kg; Japanese rice is 22,500 VND/kg.

In the export market, Vietnam's rice export prices today remained unchanged from yesterday. According to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), currently 5% standard rice is at 419 USD/ton; 25% broken rice is at 395 USD/ton; 100% broken rice is at 326 USD/ton.

In 2025, rice exports of many countries, including Vietnam, are forecast to face more challenges than in 2024 due to a more abundant world rice supply.

According to the latest update from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Industry and Trade as of January 18, 2025, Vietnam's rice export prices are falling rapidly after many years at their peak. Specifically, 5% standard rice is at 419 USD/ton; 25% broken rice is at 395 USD/ton; 100% broken rice is at 326 USD/ton and has reached the lowest level in the past 2 years.

The main reason for this price drop is that India has lifted its rice export restrictions after 2 years of temporary closure, increasing supply in the international market and creating downward pressure on prices in the market for other exporting countries, including Vietnam.

In addition, demand from Vietnam's major export markets such as the Philippines and Indonesia is currently slowing down due to abundant domestic reserves and production in 2024 and is currently waiting for prices to fall further before continuing to buy. In addition, in January 2025, rice exporting enterprises did not have many new orders, so rice exports decreased.

Rice price list today January 19, 2025

Rice variety	Unit of measure	Trader's purchase price (VND)	Increase/decrease compared to yesterday (VND)
Fragrant Radio 8	Kg	7,600 – 7,800	–
OM 18	Kg	7,600 – 7,800	–
IR 504	Kg	6,200 – 6,400	–
OM 5451	Kg	6,500 – 6,700	–
Flower 9	Kg	9,200	–
Japanese rice	Kg	7,800 – 8,000	–
OM 380	Kg	6,600 -6,700	–
Raw rice IR 504	Kg	7,800 -8,000	–
Rice TP 504	Kg	9,500 -9,700	–
Raw rice OM 380	kg	7,550-7,700	–
Rice TP OM 380	kg	8,800-9,000	–